TheDrevitchFamily

Lynn worked hard in her first session with her trainer. Credit: Gary Drevitch
I knew when we began the Healthy Families Challenge that the biggest roadblock to exercise success would be our schedules. I was half right. The exercises ar...I knew when we began the Healthy Families Challenge that the biggest roadblock to exercise success would be our schedules. I was half right. The exercises are tough, too.

Lynn and Benjamin went to a Halloween party as a pair of fitness fanatics. (Those are her old high-school soccer sweats!) Credit: Gary Drevitch
There is a nine-pound bag of candy in my house.
It was collected by the three kids, es...There is a nine-pound bag of candy in my house. The good news: I haven't had a single piece.

A good friend of ours, part of a couple far more fit than we are, once told me his secret to maintaining his weight: Don't eat what the kids leave on their plates.
It turns out to be good advice.
Flipping through back issues of National G...A good friend of ours, part of a couple far more fit than we are, once told me his secret to maintaining his weight: Don't eat what the kids leave on their plates.

I spent some time on the recumbent bike -- usually long enough to get through two issues of ESPN The Magazine -- a...I had a workout routine that had worked for me for years. But I knew what the problem was: My workout wasn't making me sweat.

This is the Healthy Families Challenge, but I've started it in the most unhealthy fashion: Since Labor Day, I've had a case of walking pneumonia.
So rather than hitting the gym to build up a head of steam for the hard work ahead, I've been coughin...To start, I gave up my usual breakfast of a bagel-and-scrambled-eggs sandwich from the deli. Instead, I'm keeping a box of Trader Joe's Raisin Bran at my desk at work to have every morning, with 1-percent milk. I've also put my regular lunch choices on notice: They need to start shaping up as well.

Hello, America!
We're the Drevitch family of New York City, and we're looking forward to dieting and exercising for your viewing and reading pleasure over the next eight months.
I'm Gary, the dad. I work full-time as the editor of a websit...My wife says she's waiting for me to hit a midlife crisis and start training for the New York City marathon. That's not going to happen.